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The Yang-Lee universality class arises when imaginary magnetic field is tuned to its critical value in the paramagnetic phase of the $d<6$ Ising model. In $d=2$, this non-unitary Conformal Field Theory (CFT) is exactly solvable via the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-03 Erick Arguello Cruz , Igor R. Klebanov , Grigory Tarnopolsky , Yuan Xin

We study scalar conformal field theories whose large $N$ spectrum is fixed by the operator dimensions of either Ising model or Lee-Yang edge singularity. Using numerical bootstrap to study CFTs with $S_N\otimes Z_2$ symmetry, we find a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-10-17 Junchen Rong , Ning Su

We study the conformal bootstrap constraints for 3D conformal field theories with a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ or parity symmetry, assuming a single relevant scalar operator $\epsilon$ that is invariant under the symmetry. When there is additionally a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-12-05 Alexander Atanasov , Aaron Hillman , David Poland

We revisit the large $N$ limit of bosonic $D$-matrix Yang-Mills integrals using two complementary bootstrap methods. In the positivity bootstrap, we obtain bounds for $\langle \text{tr}\, XX \rangle$ and $\langle \text{tr}\, XXXX \rangle$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-09 Wenliang Li , Xinran Su

Various observables in compact CFTs are required to obey positivity, discreteness, and integrality. Positivity forms the crux of the conformal bootstrap, but understanding of the abstract implications of discreteness and integrality for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-24 Justin Kaidi , Eric Perlmutter

We determine a previously unknown universal quantity, the location of the Yang-Lee edge singularity for the O($N$) theories in a wide range of $N$ and various dimensions. At large $N$, we reproduce the $N\to\infty$ analytical result on the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-11-11 Andrew Connelly , Gregory Johnson , Fabian Rennecke , Vladimir Skokov

Conformal field theory finds applications across diverse fields, from statistical systems at criticality to quantum gravity through the AdS/CFT correspondence. These theories are subject to strong constraints, enabling a systematic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-22 Julien Barrat

Yang-Lee edge singularities (YLES) are the edges of the partition function zeros of an interacting spin model in the space of complex control parameters. They play an important role in understanding non-Hermitian phase transitions in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-29 Ruizhe Shen , Tianqi Chen , Mohammad Mujahid Aliyu , Fang Qin , Yin Zhong , Huanqian Loh , Ching Hua Lee

We study multi-loop conformal integrals for four-point correlators of planar ${\cal N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory, and in particular those contributing to Coulomb branch amplitudes in the ten-dimensional lightlike limit, where linear…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-16 Song He , Xuhang Jiang , Jiahao Liu , Yao-Qi Zhang

Employing the functional renormalization group approach at next-to-leading order of the derivative expansion, we refine our earlier findings for the location of the Yang-Lee edge singularity in classic O(N) universality classes. For the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-06-16 Gregory Johnson , Fabian Rennecke , Vladimir V. Skokov

We consider $\phi^3$ theory in $6-2\epsilon$ with $F_4$ global symmetry. The beta function is calculated up to 3 loops, and a stable unitary IR fixed point is observed. The anomalous dimensions of operators quadratic or cubic in $\phi$ are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-20 Yi Pang , Junchen Rong , Ning Su

We study the conformal bootstrap in fractional space-time dimensions, obtaining rigorous bounds on operator dimensions. Our results show strong evidence that there is a family of unitary CFTs connecting the 2D Ising model, the 3D Ising…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-10-13 S. El-Showk , M. Paulos , D. Poland , S. Rychkov , D. Simmons-Duffin , A. Vichi

We continue the study of model-independent constraints on the unitary Conformal Field Theories in 4-Dimensions, initiated in arXiv:0807.0004. Our main result is an improved upper bound on the dimension \Delta of the leading scalar operator…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-13 Vyacheslav S. Rychkov , Alessandro Vichi

Singularities hidden in the collinear region around an external massless leg may lead to conformal symmetry breaking in otherwise conformally invariant finite loop momentum integrals. For an $\ell$-loop integral, this mechanism leads to a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-07-18 Simone Zoia

The Ising critical exponents $\eta$, $\nu$ and $\omega$ are determined up to one-per-thousand relative error in the whole range of dimensions $3 \le d < 4$, using numerical conformal-bootstrap techniques. A detailed comparison is made with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-13 Claudio Bonanno , Andrea Cappelli , Mikhail Kompaniets , Satoshi Okuda , Kay Jörg Wiese

We use the numerical conformal bootstrap to study six-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ superconformal field theories with flavor symmetry $\mathfrak{so}_{4k}$. We present evidence that minimal $(D_k, D_k)$ conformal matter saturates the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-23 Florent Baume , Craig Lawrie

We use the conformal bootstrap to perform a precision study of the operator spectrum of the critical 3d Ising model. We conjecture that the 3d Ising spectrum minimizes the central charge c in the space of unitary solutions to crossing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-12-04 Sheer El-Showk , Miguel F. Paulos , David Poland , Slava Rychkov , David Simmons-Duffin , Alessandro Vichi

We apply the critical geometry approach for bounded critical phenomena [1] to $3d$ percolation. The functional shape of the order parameter profile $\phi$ is related via the fractional Yamabe equation to its scaling dimension…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-10-27 Alessandro Galvani , Andrea Trombettoni , Giacomo Gori

The $d=2$ critical Ising model is described by an exactly solvable Conformal Field Theory (CFT). The deformation to $d=2+\epsilon$ is a relatively simple system at strong coupling outside of even dimensions. Using novel numerical and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-13 Wenliang Li

The densities of Yang-Lee zeros for the Ising ferromagnet on the $L\times L$ square lattice are evaluated from the exact grand partition functions ($L=3\sim16$). The properties of the density of Yang-Lee zeros are discussed as a function of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Seung-Yeon Kim